Winery Silkbush MountainCape Red

wine of Breedekloof of Western Cape of South Africa

The Cape Red of Winery Silkbush Mountain is a wine from the region of Breedekloof of Western Cape.
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The Cape Red of the Winery Silkbush Mountain is in the top 0 of wines of Breedekloof.

Discover the grape variety: Himrod

An interspecific cross between ontario (winchell x diamond) and sultana - it is therefore not a pure Vitis vinifera as some people write - created in 1928 by A.B. Stout at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station (United States). Its multiplication started only in 1952, it is certainly known in the United States but also in Canada, in India, in many European wine-producing countries, ... little multiplied and thus little known in France except by the amateur gardeners. The Interlaken which looks a bit like the Himrod, the Lakemont and the Romulus have the same parents.

Informations about the Winery Silkbush Mountain

The winery offers 18 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.

It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Breedekloof in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Silkbush Mountain is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Breedekloof to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The wine region of Breedekloof

The wine region of Breedekloof is located in the region of Breede River Valley of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jason's Hill or the Domaine Badsberg produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Breedekloof are Chenin blanc, Pinotage and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Breedekloof often reveals types of flavors of oak, honeysuckle or peach and sometimes also flavors of butter, green apple or lime.

The wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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